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Music for Unicorns ...
In the opera I am writing, Adam and Eva, two old unicorns swim downstage and offer an ironic take on some heavy thoughts ...

artist-in-residence at the Mishima Contemporary Music Days
Until just recently, I always had a negative take on the common saying "Jack of all trades, master of none" thinking that applied to me and my multiple fields of endeavor.
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Mike Svoboda's Alphorn Special is back on stage
A "tongue-in-ear" homage to complex simplicity in our simply complicated world. Back on stage!

New Trombone Collectives videos (Kopie)
What a pleasant surprise for me to see these two nicely produced videos of a pair of older pieces of mine for 8 trombones. Stellar playing indeed by the Dutch group New Trombone Collective, not much more to say. Here the links: Embarkment Fanfare and Introduction with Insight.

new opera "Adam und Eva" commissioned
So now it is official: Anne-May Krüger and I are writing an opera to be premiered at the Schwetzinger Festspiele 2025.

artistic research: Keren from Iannis Xenakis
Like a good deal of compositions by Xenakis, Keren presents the performer with many impossibilities: ...

Do you love Wagner? on tour again!
With a strong kick-off in Leverkusen last September and with a new dynamic combination of quartet friends – Karolina Öhman, Stefan Preyer, and João Carlos Pacheco – ...

Concert Etudes 6 & 7 premiered
It is a rare moment for a composer to hear a new solo piece played 7 times by 7 different players in one concert, but that was my treat ...